Conservatives worry that action on that kind of legislation would demoralize or infuriate the party’s base supporters, threatening to depress GOP turnout in an election that has seen Democrats energized.

If the kids at the German school in Istanbul are reputed to be moody and poetic, and the kids at the French school are rumored to be demoralized by strict teachers, then the Robert College kids seemed confident, outgoing, and open.

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